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OPEC chief: Algiers meeting not for 'decision making' - Algerian state media

17-09-2016 21:47

OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo said the meeting of OPEC members and non-OPEC producers in Algiers this month would be an informal meeting for consultations and not for decision making, Algerian state news agency APS said on Saturday. Algeria's energy minister has said there is a consensus among OPEC and non-OPEC producers about the need to stabilise the oil market to support prices. "It will be an informal meeting, it is not a meeting for making decisions," Barkindo said during a visit

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In Ohio, frackers are drilling. Soon Ineos will be doing the same in Britain

17-09-2016 17:00 via theguardian.com
$In Ohio, frackers are drilling. Soon Ineos will be doing the same in Britain$
The UK chemicals giant, which has 30 applications to drill at home, is running publicity tours on the Appalachian shale fields to boost the industry’s imageRed velvet curtains hung on the windows and painted cherubs played on the ceiling as Jim Ratcliffe accepted the 2016 ICIS Kavaler Award at the Metropolitan Club in New York last week.The British billionaire is the first foreigner to be awarded the honour, given by leaders in the chemical industry. It comes as Ineos, the chemicals compan

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Shades of yellow on the baking heath

17-09-2016 06:30 via theguardian.com

New Forest The heather is studded with yellow tormentil, and mixed with dwarf gorse so tight to the turf that it’s knee-high to a grasshopperA grey minibus pulls up behind me as I’m changing into my walking shoes. Five young people get out and hitch their packs. ”We’ll be there at five,” says the driver, and goes. They set off along the concrete perimeter road of the old airfield, with a two and a half hour walk ahead of them. I cut through some trees and, by the ti

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Pacific Ocean's hidden wonders revealed on dive to underwater volcano

17-09-2016 05:40 via theguardian.com

US scientists find possible new coral species and rare Dumbo octopus on expedition to previously unexplored extinct volcano off HawaiiScientists believe they have identified a new species of coral and found a rare Dumbo octopus during an expedition 3,000ft (900m) down in the Pacific Ocean.Diving in a submersible to the previously unexplored Cook seamount, an extinct volcano at the bottom of the sea 100 miles south-west of Hawaii’s Big Island, the three-person team was hoping to examine the

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Oklahoma Geological Survey hires new state seismologist

17-09-2016 01:17

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Geological Survey has announced the hiring of a new state seismologist to help study the increase in earthquakes linked to oil and gas wastewater disposal.

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